Garment hanger



W. H. ALLEN GARMENT HANGER Oct. 7, 1941.

Filed June 18, 1958 INVENTQR. WERDO/V HALL/5N ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 7, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I GARMENT HANGER Werdon H. Allen, South Montrose, Pa. Application June 18, 1938, Serial No. 214,532

3 Claims.

This invention relates to coat hangers and more particularly to that type of coat hanger having an attachment thereto whereby an additional garment such as a skirt or a pair of trousers may be suspended therefrom.

A primary object of this invention is the provision of an improved auxiliary garment support for a coat hanger whereby an auxiliary garment may be readily and effectively suspended therefrom and readily removed from such suspension if desired.

A further object is the provision of such a support wherein the possibility of disalignment of theparts and consequent weakening of the structure is obviated.

Afurther specific object is the pr vision of a coat hanger wherein the trouser or skirt supporting portion is rigidly secured adjacent the ends in the coat hanger whereby twisting or turning of the same is precluded.

A further specific object is the provision of means to prevent any possible interlocking or displacement of the parts comprising the auxiliary garment hanger.

A further object is the provision of a garment hanger which will be simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which will be sturdy and durable and not apt to be rendered inoperative by disarrangement of the parts.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the combinations of elements, arrangements of parts and features of construction all as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter and disclosed in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a side elevational view of one form of this inventive concept,

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of a modified form of this invention, and

Figures: is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawm Having reference now particularly to Figure 1 there is generally indicated at III a conventional garment hanger formed of wood or other desired material for supporting a coat. Hanger ID is provided with a hook II whereby the same may be suspended at any suitable location. A pair of wire members II and I2 each has an end, I3 and I4 respectively, embedded in and secured to the under portion of hanger Ill. Each of members I I and I2 is comprised of a downwardly extending portion I5 and I6 respectively and a horizontally extending portion I! and I8 respectively, at the termination of which horizontal portion is provided with a loop I9 and23 respectively.

Loops I 9 and 20 surround uprights 2i and 22 which comprise portions of a member, generally indicated at 23, which includes a horizontal portion 24 connecting uprights 2I and 22. Uprights 2| and 22 are each embedded in and. secured to hanger II! as indicated at 23 at points adjacent the ends thereof.

Now from the foregoing it will be seen that the member 24 is held i relatively rigid resilient engagement with portions I I and I8 and that by inserting a garment such as a pair of trousers in the space between members I5 and I6 and subsequently sliding portions of the same outwardly with respect to said space the garment will be held between members I! and I8 and member 24.

It will also be seen that when it is desired to remove the garment the same may be grasped at the point between members I5 and I6 and readily removed therefrom simply by a direct pull towards the operator when the hanger is in position as indicated in Figure 1.

Having reference now to the form disclosed in Figures 3 and 4 there is generally indicated at 30 a coat hanger of conventional design provided with a hook 3|, from which hanger depend two wire members generally indicated at 32 and 33. Member 32 is comprised of a pair of uprights 34 and 35 and a transverse portion 33. Similarly member 33 is comprised of a pair of uprights 36 and 31 and a transverse horizontal portion 38. It will be seen that member 34 en gages hanger 30 at a point substantially adjacent its end and that upright 35 engages hanger 30 at a point spaced slightly inwardly from the end. Correspondingly member 31 is secured to hanger 30 exteriorly to member 35 with respect to the adjacent end of hanger 30 and member 36 is spaced inwardly with respect to the opposite end from member 34. m

Thus it will be seen that members 38 and 39 lie substantially in the same horizontal plane adjacent each other and, by means of the curvatures of members 34, 35, 36 and 31, as best shown in Figure 4, are resiliently in proximity to each other. Each of members 38 and 39 is provided with a depending projection 40 and M respectively which prevent slippage of the transverse portions 38 and 39 with respect to each other, in such manner as to preclude any possibility of entanglement thereof.

Thus it will be seen that in the event it is desired to use the hanger to support a skirt or analogous article-the same may be slipped from either end between members 38 and 39 and held in position by the resilient frictional engagement of these two parts. Similarly due to the fact that both ends of the space between the above mentioned members are open it will be understood that a garment of any desired width, even one having a width greater than the auxiliary supporting device itself, may be readily suspended in the manner previously described.

In the appended claims the terms horizontal and vertical are used. These terms relate to member having a horizontal portion of substantial length secured at its ends to said hanger adjacent its extremities, said first mentioned members being secured to said additional member at points adjacent the termination of said horizontal portion to form an additional garment support. V

2. In a garment hanger, in combination, a coat supporting member provided with a supporting hook, a pair of spaced apart depending bent wire members, each having an end embedded in the underside of said first mentioned member, one end of each of said wire members terminating adjacent an end of said coat supporting the position of various members relative itothe floor level when the hanger of the instant invention is in suspended relation thereto, or in its normal positionof use.

Now from the foregoing it will be seen that there are .herein provided two forms of hanger embodyingthe features of this invention and including many advantages of great practical utill coat supporting member provided with :a hook,

a pair of bent wire members, each having one 'of its ends secured tothe underside of said hanger, the said ends of each being adjacent the central portion of said hanger; but being spaced a substantial distance apart, and an additional Imember and the other end of each terminating inwardly from the end thereof, each of said wire members being formed with a portion extending outwardly and substantially horizontally when said hanger is supported by said hook and means resiliently engaging said extending portions to jform a supplementary garment supporting device.

'3. In a'garment hanger, in combination, a coat supporting member, an auxiliary means for holding an additional garment, said means comprising vertically depending and extending wire portions secured'in said hanger adjacent a central point thereof but spaced a material distance apart, and extending horizontally a substantial distance towards the ends of said hanger from 

